Policy Text
Village of el Portal Police de Partment
Vision statement
The Village of El Portal Police Department is a para-military organization that strictly adheres to
the departmental orders, policies, procedures, and directives that govern them. This creates a
gateway to professional law enforcement. The constant and consistent review and revisions to
the aforementioned departmental orders, policies, procedures and directives aid in building trust
with the citizenry and its police department that serves them. Instilling trust, building trust, and
enhancing trust with and within the Citizenry of the Village of El Portal is the primary objective.
mission statement
It is the mission of the Village of El Portal Police Department to provide professional law
enforcement to the citizenry, businesses, schools, and elected officials of the Village of El Portal.
Professional law enforcement will be delivered by embracing an unbreakable bond with the
community it serves by way of respect, communication, a sense of genuine caring, and by
fostering an environment free from prejudice and prejudgments. Bridges will be built where none
exist.
Improving the quality of life for all who live in, work in, and/or serve the Village of El Portal
remains the pinnacle to where the employment of professional law enforcement shall take us.
Education, training, and positive collaboration with the community are the steps that will take us
there.
Value statement
Teamwork (Working together internally and externally [community] to resolve all issues)
Respect (Treating people with dignity and the way you would want to be treated)
Unity (Police and the citizenry working in unison)
Selfless Service (Putting the welfare of the community before your own)
Tenacity (Seeing the objective done to its conclusion regardless the difficulty)
Ethical (Everything the department undertakes is guided by strong, unsullied ethics)
Duty (Fulfillment of obligations)